Target boards for PICD-430 JTAG debugger

To providee real-time emulation, single step, breakpoints, flash programming and other operations via JTAG interface embedded into the MSP430 microcontrollers, PICD-430 in-circuit debugger must be connected to a target - a board with a MSP430 microcontroller installed on it. In most cases customers use their own prototipes with JTAG connectors installed on them for use with the PICD-430 or other JTAG debuggers. But sometimes a customer needs to get a simple board that can be used as a prototype. Popular TI's MSP-FET430 flash-emulation tools from Texas Instruments include such target modules with ZIF sockets allowing setting several MSR430 derivatives on on every one board. PICD-430 debugger can work with these TI's modules.

Phyton also offers a variety of the target boards from the company specialised in producing such type of products - OLIMEX Ltd . This company produces development modules for MSP430 microcontrollers, which can be used in a combination with the PICD-430 debugger - the company calls them "header boards". Each board carries one type of the MSP430 micro, a standard 2x7 pin JTAG connector that exactly fits a PICD-430 ribbon cable. The Olimex's boards take power from the the PICD-430 units. The target boards are very small (about 2" x 2" or 50 x 40 mm).